8.30am Thursday 31 March 2011

March having a last fling - giving the daffodils a battering.
Swell is 4 foot and choppy in a force 6-7 westerly wind.

Tides
High 04.54 3.3m
Low 11.03 1.0m
High 17.24 3.4m
Low 23.22 1.0m

8.56am Wednesday 30 March 2011

Not much stirring this morning - just teensy little wavelets inshore and a southerly force 3 cross shore breeze.

Tides
High 04.11 3.1m
Low 10.20 1.2m
High 16.50 3.2m
Low 22.42 1.2m

8.45am Tuesday 29 March 2011

Clean 1 foot swell with no wind.

Tides
High 03.11 2.9m
Low 19.27 1.3m
High 15.07 3.0m
Low 21.56 1.4m

8.20am Monday 28 March 2011

Flat sea and no wind.
Tides
0143 2.9
0808 1.4
1500 2.8
2054 1.5

Sunday 27 March 11.07am Update

Surf has picked up and is a good 1 foot right now. For tides, see earlier post below.

8.00am Sunday 27 March 2011

Flat with little half foot waves close to shore.


Tides
0627 1.4
1314 2.8
1917 1.6

7.20am Saturday 26 March 2011

This morning's swell is a small 1 foot with a very light force 1 offshore northeasterly breeze.

Tides
0412 1.2
1049 3.1
1645 1.5
2316 3.0

7.00am Friday 25 March 2011

Swell is half a foot with a light force 1 northerly cros shore breeze.

Tides
0317 0.9
1945 3.4
1543 1.2
2209 3.4

Below, Brent Geese gettting ready for their migration to Greenland.

Photos 7.45am Thursday 24 march 2011

Virtually flat, just little wavelets close to shore. No wind.

Tides
0230 0.6m
0851 3.8m
1454 0.9m
2113 3.7m

Tonight's sky at 7.30pm

7.45am Wednesday 23 March 2011

 

A 2 foot swell this morning with a light force 1-2 offshore southeasterly breeze.

Tides

0147 0.3

0801 4.1

1411 0.5

2024 4.1

7.45am Tuesday 22 March 2011

 Swell is up to 3 foot with a light force 3 onshore breeze.

Tides
0105 0.2
0715 4.4
1330 0.3
1938 4.3

8.35am Monday 21 March 2011

Swell is a good 2 foot with a light force 3 southerly onshore breeze.

Tides
0025 0.2
0632 4.5
1249 0.2
1855 4.4

Below, Slieve League pretending to be a volcano.

12.09 pm Sunday 20 March 2011 The Lowest Tide of the Year

Technically speaking, the lowest tide in 20 years happened at 1.09 today. However the wind driven wave surge has made the low tide look much like other springtime spring tides. Note below the Connaughtman Rock on view - it's usually out of sight under the wave that breaks there.

 

Above, some things never change. Winkle pickers collecting winkles for the Paris gourmet market.

7.25am Sunday 20 March 2011

 

There's a good swell that should be 2 foot or more but it's chopped and flattened a bit by a gusty little light south southwesterly cross shore breeze. The wind is due to go southwesterly onshore shortly which might improve both the swell and the weather.

Tides

0549 4.4

1209 0.1

1814 4.4

Rossnowlagh missed last night's supermoon due to cloud cover.

7.35am Saturday 19 March 2011

Swell is a good 1 foot with a force 2 southeasterly offshore breeze.

Tides
0508 4.2
1127 0.2
1735 4.2
2341 0.3
Full moon tonight and the moon will be at its closest to the earth for 20 years. Read about it here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bad-moon-rising-2245362.html

7.35am Friday 18 March 2011

2 foot swell in clean lines with light force 2 offshore southeasterly breeze.

Tides
0426 3.9
1045 0.5
1654 4.0
2258 0.5

Happy Saint Patrick's Day - 8.00am 17 March 2011

Swell is up to 2 foot with a fresh north northwesterly force 4 onshore breeze.

Tides
0341 3.5
0958 0.8
1613 3.6
2213 0.8

Patrick's Day weather - a bit overcast now but the forecast is for brighter skies later this morning.